Saturday, October 03, 2026

Christa Pike on life support is the mother of all ironies

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I'm sure everyone has heard about the "failed execution" of Christa Pike in Tennessee this last week.  Incidentally, "fa...

Has Samuel Alito left his retirement too late?

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US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito - a man whose extreme right-ring political views make even Donald Trump look like a moderate, and who ...
Friday, October 02, 2026

The case for replacing diesel in heavy-duty trucking

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As diesel prices reach record levels , and the idiot-in-chief in the White House threatens to ban American diesel exports to the internation...
Monday, September 28, 2026

Is AI really an existential threat?

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I don't remember reading the word "existential" so frequently since I made my Basics of Philosophy hobby website many years a...

Pope Leo checks his progressivism at the shrine door

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Pope Leo XIV has the reputation of being a pretty progressive Pope. But, lest we forget, that's not actually saying much. Official Catho...
Thursday, September 24, 2026

The wacky world of BC politics

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We sometimes think that Ontario provincial politics is pretty wacky, but it's certainly got nothing on the strange goings-on in British ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2026

AI mathematical proof not without its detractors

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OpenAI has solved one of the thorniest mathematical problems still left unsolved . And not everyone is happy about it. The Navier-Stokes Pro...
Monday, September 21, 2026

The colourful history of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanual Macron had a meeting the other day. It took place, not in Paris, not in Mo...